dabit3

See more of my writing here.

In this post, I'll start from scratch and build up to OpenClaw's architecture step by step, showing how you could have invented it yourself from first principles, using nothing but a messaging API, an LLM, and the desire to make AI actually useful outside the chat window.

End goal: understand how persistent AI assistants work, so you can build your own (or become an OpenClaw power user).

First, let's establish the problem

When you use ChatGPT or Claude in a browser, there are several limitations:

muindetuva

import cmd
import MySQLdb

# Define a Student class
class Student:
    def __init__(self, name, email):
        self.name = name
        self.email = email
        self.corrections = []

n1snt

Oh my zsh.

Install ZSH.

sudo apt install zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh

Install Oh my ZSH.

miguelgrinberg

" plugins
let need_to_install_plugins = 0
if empty(glob('~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim'))
    silent !curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs
        \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
    let need_to_install_plugins = 1
endif

call plug#begin()
Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'

pierrejoubert73

How to add a collapsible section in markdown

1. Example

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Heading

1. Foo
2. Bar
   • Baz

• Qux

jm3

Myths Hackers Believe About Names

1. People have exactly one "official" full name.
2. People have exactly one full name which they go by.
3. People have, at this point in time, exactly one canonical full name.
4. People have exactly N names, for any value of N.
5. People’s names fit within a certain defined amount of space.
6. People’s names do not change.
7. People’s names are written in ASCII.
8. People’s names are written in any single character set.

ondrek

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